Defining Mysticism in terms of Experience, Theory and Practice.
• 1 - Experience - Mystical Experience:
Historical and Contemporary
- In language of Psychology:
Ego Death
Unitive Consciousness
Peak Experience / Flow state
- In the Language of Theology:
Prophecy, Theosis, Unio Mystica
Dvekut, Gnosis, Fana, Baqa,
Samadhi, Moksha, Satori, Nirvana
• 2 - Thought/Conceptualization
- Mythology: Death, Rebirth and Immortality Apotheosis
- Theology/Theosophy: Pan(en)theism
- Philosophy/Metaphysics: Monism Non-Dualism
• 3 - Practice/Action
The Mystics Ethical Imperative